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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lonas Addition, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lonas Addition and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Lonas Addition:
    • 35.740361, -83.984071
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Lonas Addition
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
    • Since Lonas Addition is near Knox County and also Loudon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Knox County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Loudon County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Lonas Addition

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lonas Addition ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Bent Tree
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bent Tree is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree
  • Blockhouse
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Blockhouse is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
  • Cherokee Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cherokee Heights is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Heights
  • Cherokee Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cherokee Park is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Park
  • Everett Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Everett Heights is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Heights
  • Green Meadow
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Green Meadow is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
  • Green Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Valley is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
  • Greenwood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenwood is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Heritage Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Heritage Hills is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Maryville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Meadowbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Rockgardens
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Rockgardens is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
      • Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
    • Springbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Springbrook is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springbrook
    • Summit Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Summit Hills is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Hills
    • Sunset View
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sunset View is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View

How Far From Lonas Addition to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lonas Addition to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lonas Addition and extending to:

  • Maryville, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lonas Addition to Nashville, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 439 miles [706.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,330 miles [10,187.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,039 miles [11,328.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,915 miles [7,909.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lonas Addition) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Lonas Addition to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lonas Addition. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7404, Longitude: -83.9841       In this case, the coordinates for Lonas Addition have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.077 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.756 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.62 degrees.